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June 1, 2002European Journal of Heart Failure

Self-Rating of Quality of Life Provides Additional Prognostic Information in Heart Failure. Insights into the EPICAL Study

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Why the study?

Does baseline quality of life score predict survival and hospital-free survival in patients with advanced chronic heart failure?

Population

108 hospitalised patients with severe chronic heart failure registered in the EPICAL program

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

1 year

Authors

FAFrançois AllaSBSerge BriançonFGFrançis Guillemin

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Overview

May refine risk stratification in advanced HF; extends observational data but leaves open whether QoL-targeted interventions improve outcomes.

Structured PICO

Does baseline quality of life score predict survival and hospital-free survival in patients with advanced chronic heart failure?

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Population
108 hospitalised patients with severe chronic heart failure (NYHA grade III/IV, oedema or hypotension, and LVEF < 30%) registered in the EPICAL program
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Intervention
Quality of life assessment using Duke Health Profile (DHP) and Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire (LIhFE)
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Outcome
Survival and hospital-free survivalhard clinical

Baseline quality of life scores provide independent prognostic information for survival and hospital-free survival in patients with advanced heart failure.

Cite This Study

Alla et al. (2002) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cf53cdd834592f30eb4fbhttps://doi.org/10.1016/s1388-9842(02)00006-5
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